August 3, 2020
Southeast AsiaHuong Le Thu is a senior analyst at the Australian Strategic Policy Institute. July 2020 marked a significant shift in developments regarding the South China Sea. The Trump administration announce…
July 31, 2020
MediaEach Friday this summer, we suggest foreign-policy-themed movies worth watching. This week: films that feature journalists.
April 27, 2020
Immigration and MigrationImmigration benefits the United States while hewing to the nation's founding principles.
December 2, 2019
Election 2020Buyer’s remorse. That is perhaps the best description of the situation that former Illinois Congressman and radio talk show host Joe Walsh finds himself in. Back in 2016, he championed Donald Trump’s…
November 15, 2019
Election 2020Each Friday, I look at what the presidential challengers are saying about foreign policy. This week: endorsements for Joe Biden, U.S. troops, and new candidates.
January 14, 2019
PhilippinesIn the months before Brazil’s elections in October 2018, many experts both within and outside the country dismissed the possibility that Jair Bolsonaro, a former army captain and previously obscure f…
September 25, 2018
United NationsTrump’s address to the UN highlighted his narrow-minded, transactional approach to diplomacy. He may have been speaking at the United Nations, but the emphasis was clearly on the second word—nations—…
September 4, 2018
Nuclear EnergyBackground reading on the future of the global nuclear trade and the commercial opportunities and national security risks that it presents to the United States.
June 29, 2018
Wars and ConflictDevelopments in conflicts across the world that you might have missed this week.
March 13, 2018
U.S. State DepartmentMike Pompeo inherits a marginalized State Department, undermined by several grievous mistakes from Rex Tillerson.
